BUILDING R2-D2●

MICKE ASKERNÄS / THE BUILD JOURNAL

One part at a time.

Droids, props & the work that brings them to life.

204 entries · 2011—2026

August 2015

11 entries

More mini pieces...

So, at the moment, I am really juggling three different builds: I am doing updates on my full scale R2-D2, I am working on a dome for BB-8, even though I a

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Ankle Work

Since the dawn of time... well.. since R2 was finished originally, that is, he's had a pair of heavy resin bulks under the Ankle Cylinders. The Ankle Cylin

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Small things...

... becomes really cute when they are reduced to miniature size. At least that's what my fiancée keeps telling me. Just have a look at this lovely Battery

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#NOTBUILDINGBB8

I'm not building BB-8! Nope! I really didn't like that droid when I first saw it. Who's Bb-8 you might ask? Well, he's that little round fella from the Sta

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Parts!

–What do you mean "my parts are showing"? In addition to making the odd compad and some special request, I am also doing some parts for friends. I am not d

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Fixing a wobbly leg

Hurrying a build will always come back to bite you later! When I originally built my R2, I was in a building frenzy. In a way, it was almost therapeutic fo

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New, Improved Compads!

For the past year or so, I have been helping out my friends in the local Star Wars costuming organisation ( Nordic Garrison part of the 501st . In short: A

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R2 meets Snel Hest

(This is a silly Swedish in-joke, sorry) Earlier this summer, me and R2 (well, only R2, really, I just tagged along) was invited to iis.se , that is respon

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Mini update!

My original plan was to do a 40% scale version of my R2. Well .. This plan has changed. The new plan is to make a 50% scale version of R2-D2. Why the new f

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